Fence-post.



Patented 1an. 2, |900.

FENCE POST.

(Application led Apr. 28, 1899,)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,235, dated January 2, 1900.

Application filed April 28,1899` Serial No. 714,793. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, RANSOM R. SPOORE, residing at Newark, in the county of lVayne, and JOSEPH M. RAUB, residing at New York, (Brooklym) in the county of Kings, State of New York, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to malte and use the same.

Ourinvention has relation to improvements in fence-posts, and more particularly for posts used in constructing wire fences; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts of which it is com posed, as will be hereinafter more fully eX- plained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is had, fully illustrate our invention, in which- Figure l represents a front View of our device. Fig. 2 is arear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal sectional view, and Fig. 5 is a face view in blank form of the attachable anchor or base.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates a fence-post constructed of iron and having side flanges a a, which are extendedM at the lower end of the post, as at b, and the extreme ends c c are bent outwardly, forming a base for the support of the post, and in connection with these bent ends the end of the main portion of the post, as at CZ, is slit vertically and the ends e e thereofl are bent in opposite directions, providing a cross-base for the post to rest upon. Thus the latter is supported by four feet, and each foot extends in a different direction, which forms a substantial base or support for the post. Above these feet we provide a second base or support for the post in the form of a plate B, the same having its ends slit or cut, as atf, leaving four fingers g, which when the plate is applied to the post are bent around the side flanges thereof and firmly grip said flanges and hold the plate thereto. This plate serves as a base or anchor and is de seated, and these wires are firmly held to the post by a tie-wire j, one end of which is wrapped around the line-wire on one side of the post and the other end of said tie-wire is wrapped around said line-wire on the opposite side of said post. Thus when the loop portion L of said tie-wire passes over the front of the post, as at Z, it gives the tie-wire a firm hold upon the post.

The upper end of the post is made ornamental, as at 7n, and an attaching-plate n, having a stem 0, provided with a perforation to receive a rivet p, that also passes through a perforation in the top of said post, is clenched or headed, thereby securin g the top plate permanently to said post, thus providing an ornamental post end.

Thus it will be observed from the above de scription, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, that the upper base has its securing-fingers cut from the plate and bent around the flanges of the post, leaving the remainder of the plate projecting on either side of the post, providing an excellent and substantial support or brace for the base, and the tie-wires firmly grip and hold the horizontal fence-wires in place, while the attachable top plate serves to provide an ornamental post, while the feet of the postare formed integral therewith, extending in four directions, the side feet being formed of the extensions of the side flanges of said post, and the fingers of the base-plate beinga part of or formed integral with said plate are easily and readily bent around the anges of the post, when they will firmly hold said plate in position, and thus prevent the fence-post from swaying in any direction, and a fence-post as herein described is durable, ornamental, and at the same time cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-m l. The combination in a metal fencepost IOO having the right-angular side flanges, provided with notches for the fence-wires and bent arms providing anchorage for said post, of the base-plate having the longitudinal slits 5 f, extending from the outer ends of said plate leaving the lingers g, at each end of the plate, the sanne adapted to be bent around the side ilanges ofthe post, whereby said plate is firmly held thereto, as herein shown and described.

2. In a base-plate, adapted to be applied to a metal fence-post, the plate B, constructed in rectangular form, the ends thereof provided with the kerfs f, extending from the two ends thereof toward the center leaving two outer arms at each end of the plate, pro- Witnesses as to signature of Joseph M.v

Raub:

JAMES T. DUFFY, F. S. MOLAUGHLIN. 

